RUBotted

Pros

It's the only product out there like it and it picked up Qakbot immediatley. I knew I would get hit and wanted to see if the product worked. And it did.

Cons

It doesn't give you enough information AFTER. It would be helpful even to get a name and location or a time you were infected..

Summary

I continue to use it - hope that the developers put some more time and thought as it really is a good idea and has potential - ty

Pros

easy to install & configure

Cons

generic unspecific message "Detected DNS query of malicious domain" without specifying the "malicious" domain or even attempting to identify which process made the DNS query on my computer.

Summary

I tried running RUBotted for a few days . . . . . here's why it isn't worth it:

1) anti-malware programs can interfere with each other if you have several of them in the system tray running all the time, so you kinda have to choose the best ones.

2) RUBotted is beta, so by definition it's buggy, so it isn't yet one of the "best ones".

3) it sounded the alarm that it "Detected DNS query of malicious domain" without specifying the "malicious" domain or even attempting to identify which process made the DNS query on my computer. This happened after I initiated an SSH connection to a private server one of my friends runs, which is certainly not a malicious domain. Was it red-flagging my server? Since it doesn't give any more information other than that generic error, I'll never know.

4) the false-positive result prompted me to install more Trend Micro software to "clean" my computer, which is free for the first use only, so they're trying to upsell me on paid software when I'm not even satisfied with the free software's accuracy or completeness.

Pros

RUBotted occasionally detects a bot on my PC.

Cons

When I click on the link to clean my system using HouseCall I always get a clean report, with no bot being found by RUBotted's own cleaning software. So does my PC have a bot or doesn't it? Even RUBotted doesn't know, so it's mostly a useless tool.

Summary

Maybe it works and maybe it doesn't. Since I can't be sure why would I waste my time with it? Just to check things out, I uninstalled RUBotted and then downloaded a fresh copy. When I reinstall, RUBotted tells me that my PC is uninfected whereas a minute before it was telling me that my PC was infected.

This product has zero value.

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